The Epilogue was ready-to-fly back in March of this year. Since the EPIC Evo and Invitation G2 I have been flying so well that I was in no hurry to maiden the Epilogue. However, at my club’s annual pattern event held in early May, an FAI competitor flew a stock color scheme Epilogue. I was blown away by how it performed which motivated me to get mine in the air.
The following Monday after the contest I maiden my Epilogue. As a starting point I applied for the radio program I use for the EPIC E. Since both planes are powered by a Hacker C54/D3 combo I also applied the same RPM per flight condition and throttle curves. Within a dozen or so flights and a few tweaks to the radio program and a couple of prop changes, I was feeling very comfortable flying the 2022-23 Masters sequence which is unusual for me.
· The ARC kit quality. It took minimal effort to prep surfaces for
covering and painting
· Positive and negative snaps, present a break, rotate
quickly, and stops immediately, enabling the plane to stay on-line
· Cross-wind tracking
· Speed management
· Finished flying weight
· Access to internal equipment thru canopy opening
Dislikes:
· Landing gear supplied with kit, it’s heavy and stiff
(substituted PT swept)
· Condition of the factory added a nose ring to change the thrust arrangement
This past weekend, I competed with the Epilogue. It flew flawlessly. I receive many compliments on my flying, which I attribute to the Epilogue. I was fortunate to come away with a win even though I seem to have trouble counting the correct number of revolutions of the 3-turn spin 😊.
